Thursday, April 17, 2014

A Sanctuary Within The Museum

Here in the same area as the school from yesterday we find something unusual. This is the sanctuary of an Orthodox church, donated to the museum by the congregation and placed in the heart of Canada Hall.

Coming to the end of Canada Hall, we find ourselves closer to our own time. This area features a steamship model, the Empress of Asia. Even as a model, it's big.

The last part of the hall takes us to the Far North. This log building is reconstructed as a cafe you might expect to see in northern climates.

Inside, the place has a rustic feel in all of the details. One current day touch? The Museum places recent copies of northern newspapers around on some of the tables here regularly.

I love this museum! It looks like a place that's worth lots of repeat visits! (The sanctuary looks like a little jewel box. The cafe looks very "frontier." It reminds me of at least one place where I've eaten in the mountains.)

@Bibi: among other things, it gives you an impression of housing values in the far north.

@RedPat: so it seems!

@Kay: I've lost track of how many times I've been in this museum, particularly when you factor in the IMAX theatre!

@Lauren: it is!

@Cheryl: if memory serves, the congregation either joined up with another nearby church or built a new church and wanted this preserved, so they donated the sanctuary as is. Technically it can still be used as a church by members of that church.